Domon William cautioned, "That's forbidden."

Lin Feng disagreed, replying, "PDC's concern isn't about brain implantation technology, but rather the possibility that someone might exploit its widespread adoption to subvert the entire human race through mind imprinting."

"Only a small number of people are equipped with brain implants. They have no reason to disagree. Even if there are crazy people who use brain implant technology to implant thought imprints into others, only a minority of people are implanted with thought imprints, and it cannot subvert anything."

PDC is concerned that brain implantation technology could be exploited by malicious individuals to imprint their thoughts onto the brain.

In other words, as long as it is not applied on a large scale to all of humanity, and brain implants are used on a small number of people, even if these people are implanted with a mental imprint, the problem will not be very serious.

Lin Feng felt that it was a waste to keep the players engaged in virtual warfare with such imaginative minds; he could try to stimulate their desire for scientific research.

The players' performance on the Director's Office login platform gave Lin Feng some new ideas.

A month later, Lin Feng received a call from PDC, asking him to participate in a meeting about brain implantation.

Lin Feng accepted the invitation and participated in the meeting via teleconference.

"You don't agree to let players use brain implantation technology?" Lin Feng asked curiously.

"There is no harm, and the risk is very small."

Lin Feng didn't understand why the PDC had any reason to reject his proposal, which shouldn't have violated any of their taboos.

“Yes, the risk is very small, but what we really want to talk to you about is something else,” the U.S. representative said.

The Russian representative said, "If you don't choose to stop now, everything will become irreversible, do you understand?"

"What do you mean?"

Lin Feng frowned, sensing that something was amiss.

The British representative stated, "Göring Davies has successfully copied his own thought data and transferred it into a computer, creating an 'electronic human.' The PDC's tolerance has reached its limit."

"We are communicating with you today out of respect, so please cherish this opportunity to communicate with us."

Chapter 132 Why are you so stubborn?

Why are you so stubborn?

"You are all the elite of humanity. Can't you see the future trends? With the development of technology, changes in human life forms will be inevitable."

Lin Feng was somewhat discouraged. He had tried to persuade them for a long time, but the representatives from various countries at the PDC remained unmoved.

The rotating chairman said, "Your words also apply to those illegal individuals who recklessly modify human genes, create deformed children, and illegally modify human genes to pollute the human gene pool. They are extremely irresponsible towards human civilization."

Lin Feng replied irritably, "You are too fixated on formalities. It took millions of years for Australopithecus to evolve into Homo sapiens. Can you guarantee that millions of years from now, humans will still be the same as they are today? Yes, cloning technology can pass on our current genes, but what about those humans who reproduce naturally? Their genes will eventually change, becoming a different species from us today."

"If civilization can continue to develop, changes in the life forms of the races that carry it will inevitably occur. Why can't we accelerate this process sooner?"

Lin Feng couldn't tell these people that for interstellar civilizations like the Singers, the modification of their own race was a normal thing. He hoped to use this to open up humanity's understanding of racial modification.

Racial modification is not the same as personal life modification; the two are not entirely equivalent concepts.

A race is a group, and an individual is just a cell in the group. The change of the group is the gradual replacement of these cells with new cells through natural death, just like the metabolism of new cells in humans.

Directly modifying individual lives to transform the entire group can be considered a form of racial modification, and this type of racial modification is more easily accepted by humans.

The problem is that individual consciousness cannot be transferred, and the difficulty of modifying an individual without harming their consciousness is more than an order of magnitude higher than the former. Considering the complex and ever-changing cosmic environment, Lin Feng tends to believe that humanity should choose the former option, continuously creating new humans within civilization.

According to Lin Feng's idea, there are 'humans' in human civilization who can adapt to all kinds of extreme environments. In this way, even if they suffer a devastating blow, they will not be wiped out in one fell swoop.

Of course, there are frictions caused by the huge differences in life forms, but what does it matter? They're all human beings anyway.

The US representative retorted coldly: "Is this your idea? To compress millions of years of time, accelerate the process, and then eliminate present-day humanity? Has power led you astray, placing yourself in the position of a supreme creator? Do you think we would support you in doing this?"

Lin Feng shook his head. "No, what I mean is to let human civilization accept electronic humans, classify them as human beings, and work together with them to form a common civilization. Some things that humans cannot do, these electronic humans can easily do. Their special life form will allow human civilization as a whole to reach a new level."

Unfortunately, Lin Feng's points failed to resonate with the PDC representatives from various countries.

They believe the risks are greater than the benefits that cyborgs bring to human civilization.

Throughout human history, numerous human species have faced extinction, including Neanderthals, Java Man, Boskov, Denisovans, and many more.

Homo sapiens does not want to be the next one.

The Japanese representative stated, "How can we consider them human if they don't even have the ability to reproduce together? According to the most basic biological classification, only those who can reproduce and produce fertile offspring can be considered the same race. Electronic humans are already a different race."

"Physiological differences are bound to lead to differences in cognition, culture, and aesthetics. Racial conflicts are inevitable. Even among people of color who share human genes, there is discrimination against each other for various reasons, not to mention other races that are different from humans."

The Australian representative questioned Lin Feng, "If cyborgs choose independence due to various conflicts, and ultimately eliminate existing humanity because of their superior abilities, can you bear such responsibility? Who can?"

Lin Feng fell silent. Indeed, he knew his thoughts were somewhat naive, but faced with the complex environment of the universe, racial modification was truly a means to enhance the continuation of civilization.

For example, if a two-dimensional foil were to strike, the entire solar system would become two-dimensional, killing 99% of the human race, but at least 1% of the two-dimensional humans would still survive.

Alternatively, if a light particle strike detonates the sun, 99% of the human race will die, but 1% of the quantum-state humans will survive.

Alternatively, an attack that could kill two-dimensional humans or quantum-state humans might allow electromechanical humans to evade the attack and continue human civilization.

However, it now seems that PDC would never accept this, because in the eyes of these Homo sapiens, electronic humans are aliens who cannot even reproduce together, so how can they be considered the same kind?

"...What do you plan to do?" Lin Feng asked, his gaze sweeping over the group of representatives.

Lin Feng saw an unwavering determination in the eyes of these people.

The French representative replied, "Destroy them. The data for artificial intelligence research has already been released; there's no need to leave any more research samples. It's too dangerous."

……

This is a major operation by the PDC organization. Davis is a core member of the Taylor faction. To take action against him is to take action against the Taylor faction. After Lin Feng's awakening, the Taylor faction's political status has risen sharply.

Therefore, if PDC wants to take action against Davis, it will also target the Taylor group.

The industrial fleet was intimidated by one of the three fleets, and all Taylor-affiliated members of the space force were temporarily placed under house arrest under the pretext of investigation.

Domon William was among them.

“I hope you won’t make things difficult for Davis. He has given almost everything for humanity, he’s almost given his life,” Domon Williams said to his Space Force colleagues who were monitoring him.

"Don't worry, no one on the council wants to make things difficult for him. Since Feng Taylor woke up from hibernation, Davis is no longer the core of the conflict," the colleague replied.

After a moment's hesitation, the colleague added, "However, Davis is quite agitated right now, so we're using a sedative to calm him down temporarily to prevent him from getting hurt."

Domon William breathed a sigh of relief upon receiving the answer. Davis was his grandfather's generation, and an elder who had watched him grow up. Although not a close relative, he was closer than a relative, another grandfather to him despite not being related by blood.

Knowing that PDC wouldn't target Davis again like last time, Domon Williams' anxious heart finally calmed down.

His colleague lit a cigarette, sat down next to Domenech William, and puffed away.

A colleague said, "William, you've really gone too far this time."

"Why do you all insist on creating another kind of intelligent life? What are you trying to achieve? You don't even need to think about it; such a thing would definitely threaten human survival. Even brothers born from the same mother's womb will fight over inheritance, let alone other races that aren't even human," a colleague said.

Their relationship was fairly good, and his colleagues in the Space Force found the Taylor Group's actions utterly incomprehensible.

The commotion is so big that the PDC has mobilized the entire Space Force. This is unprecedented and has never happened since the Space Force was established.

“I cannot answer you; we are all merely following the orders of the Wallfacers,” Domon William said.

Chapter 133 Fish Are No Longer Fish

A colleague asked, puzzled, "After this incident, your influence in the Space Force has been completely eliminated. All those years of hard work have been lost in one fell swoop. Was it worth it?"

After this incident, Domon Williams and his associates will no longer be colleagues, and the Taylor faction will be purged from the Space Force.

Domon William shook his head. "It's alright. Following the orders of Wallfacer Feng Taylor is the foundation of the Taylor system's existence."

On the surface, that's what he said, but Domon William actually added in his mind—moreover, even if we were willing to achieve something military, the PDC would not agree to give the Taylor Group absolute control over space power.

Ever since the last incident with the Royal Guard fleet, when the PDC required them to assign crew members to operate it, Domon William knew that the Taylor Group would not have a space force that would absolutely obey them.

Therefore, the Taylor Group no longer held high hopes for military power, because to further develop space capabilities, it was necessary to overturn the suppression of certain things.

His Space Force colleague took a deep drag of his cigarette, slowly exhaled, and then asked Domon William.

"...I'm a little curious, how did you do it? How did you transfer human thought into a computer? And make it so intelligent?"

"According to a universal view, human thinking is in a chaotic state and cannot be summarized by algorithms. Therefore, it is impossible to cultivate true 'intelligence' through human brain thinking."

Domon William replied, "That approach starts from the computer's perspective, supplementing the program with algorithms to make its operation closer to human thought. To be honest, this direction will result in bloated and rigid programs, and the program will absolutely be unable to do anything outside of its own logic."

"Therefore, Davis's research is the opposite: he directly takes the structure of the human brain, creates a brain-like computer as a carrier, and then copies the thought into it."

"Because it mimics the structure of the human brain and incorporates human thought processes, this data can run normally in the human brain-like computer, and then a 'person' can be obtained."

Since the development approach of computers is not feasible, let's start with the development approach of modifying the human brain.

The completion of the neural computer heralds the birth of a computer that can directly carry human thought. The next task is to transfer human brain thought data into the neural computer and to make the operation and expression of some electronic signals consistent with the operation and expression of chemical signals in the brain.

"By simply copying thinking? What about the chemical signals in the brain?" The Space Force colleague stopped smoking.

Domon William said, "Scan the brain and capture a segment of a certain moment. The brain is chaotic, but the segment captured at a certain point in time is fixed. Just interpret these chemical signals as electronic signals. As long as the operating mechanism of this part of the human brain is similar to that of chemical signals, there will be no problem even if it is an electronic signal."

"This research does not start with 'computers,' but with 'human brain intelligence.' Rather than developing artificial intelligence, it is more about transforming the human species."

By scanning the brain, all signals from the human brain at a specific moment can be extracted.

This is something that humans accomplished half a century ago. The first person to have their brain scanned was Keiko Sugiyama, Bill Hines' wife, who volunteered to be a research subject.

The extracted information fragments will be 100% restored to the neural computer, thereby realizing the replication and transfer of human brain thought.

To give a simple example, if we compare human thought to the letter 'E', which is made of wood, how do we transfer 'E' to another material? We would use other materials to piece together 'E', such as iron rods.

"If I remember correctly, Davis chose himself as the subject of the experiment, right?" his Space Force colleague asked, frowning.

"Correct."

Domon William nodded.

Upon receiving an affirmative answer, his Space Force colleagues couldn't help but widen their eyes.

"So, this cyborg is another version of him?"

"That's one way to understand it."

Domon William sighed softly. His feelings were extremely complicated. Davis was not in mortal danger, but the other Davis was.

"Do we really have to kill him?" Domon William asked.

A Space Force colleague took another drag of his cigarette and said, "We can't leave it unattended. Letting it go will only complicate things, especially since too many important figures are terrified by the appearance of cyborgs. Even if Feng Taylor intervenes this time, it won't make a difference."

……

Lin Feng's dummy robot, aboard a small spaceship, approached a large spaceship.

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